Milliner&#39;s hat-holder.



No. 729,451. E PATENTHD MAY 26, 1903,

S. S. TORRANGE. '7

MILLINBRS' HAT HOLDER.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 17, 1902.

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PATENT OFFICE.

SARAH s. TORRANCE, or oi-IioAeo, ILLINOIS.

MILLINERSi HAT-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 729,451, dated-May 26, 1903.

' Application filed November 17,1902. Serial Ito-131,701. (No model-l To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that LSARAH S. TORRANOE, a a citizen of the United States, residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Milliners Hat Holders, of which the following is a sp'ecifica tion.= v

The primary" object of any invention is to provide an implement that will servejto facilitate the hat-trimming work of millinersby enabling them to support a'hat while trimming it conveniently in'the various positions required for its accessibility instead,as com- 1 inonly heretofore, of requiring itto be supported on the knee of-the worker during the i trimming operation, with the disadvantages of discomfort, owing to the cramped position! of the body, and inconvenience in working, besides the objection of a tendency to mar. the work by getting it out of shape.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 shows my improved hat-holder in operative position by a view inelevation, partly sectional and partly diagrammatic. .Fig. 2 is a broken view, mainly in vertical section, of the end of the holder by which it is supported attached toa suitable support, the section being taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1 and viewed in the directionof the arrows; Fig. 3, a broken view showinginedge elevation the pivotal joint between the extensible armandi hat-support members of the holder, and Fig. 4 a section taken, at'the line 4 on Fig. 1 and viewed in thedirection of the arrow.

Ais the clamping-head'of'the device, com-' prising a jaw A, provided in its lower end a with a thumb-screw b, carrying a follower 1), between which and the upper end a of the jaw the head embraces the edge of a table or other suitable support(represented at B in Fig. 2) and is fastened by the thumb-screw. Beyond the jaw portion of the'head it is extended into a neck 0, and at the junction of the neck with the head is formed on the latter at the side opposite the jawa beak cl, affording one member of a gripper O, the other member (1 of which is a spring-pressed lever fulcrumed between its ends by a screw 01 on the base .of the 1 neck 0 to cooperate at one end with the beak d, the opposite end of the lever aflording a handle. To the upper end of the neck a is fulcrumed by a thumb-screw e, to form a screw 11.

pivotal joint D, a disk f on the end of an internally threaded socket f, into which is screwed one endof a tubular arln g. An extension-rod h, terminating at one end in a disk h, is adj ustably confined telescopically in the tubular, arm 9 by athumb-screw iand has fulcriimed on its disk head by a thumbscrew is, to form afipivotal joint E, the disk head Z of a rod Z,1on the extremity of which is rotatably fastened by a screw 1 a disk or plate m, forming part of an adjustable hat- 2 carrier and provided eccentrically with open.-

ings n, of which three are shown in Fig.

4. -A sleeve 0 loosely surrounds the rod l to slide and rotate freely thereon and is supported in its raised-and lowered positions by wardly-curved fingers 12, one of which passes --freely through each opening a -in the rotatable-disk m.

To usemy improved holder, it is fastened by the thumb-screw b at the jaw A to an edge of a support B. On loosening the thumb screw 6 tofree the joint D the arm 9 may be adjusted infront of the operator up or down toany desired angle to bring the carrier F to aconvenient height, and'then tightening the um mb-screw e rigidly secures the parts intheir positions of relative adjustment. The rod It may be drawn out to any desired extent and turned on its axis to set the carrier relative to the operator at any desired position and angle, where it is held by tightening the thumb- The pivotal joint E permits the hatcarrier to be adjusted to any desired angle lengthwise of the extension-rod h or into line therewith. With the parts adjusted to the which engage in lateral directions with the sides of the hat-crown. Obviously the greater the diameter of the crown of the hat to be held the greater the spread of the fingers,

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which is gaged by being thus expansible and contractible in adjusting them to any crown by its diameter, and when adjusted the collar 0 is made to abut against the adjacent end of the sleeve 0 and'is fastened by the thumb-screw 0 to hold the fingers against retraction. The gripper C affords convenient means, among other purposes, for holding a strip of lace or other trimming at one end while it is being applied to the hat.

In trimming the hat supported on the carrier F the operator may easily turn it about to gain convenient access to any portion of its circumference, because the disk m and sleeve 0, carrying the fingers, are both freely and readily rotatable, and the joints D and E, with the arm g and telescoping rod h, afford a universally-jointed bracket for supporting the carrier and connecting it with the supporting-head A. This is the impor tant object of my invention and is not dependent for its accomplishment upon the exact construction nor the details thereof herein shown and described. Hence I do notwish to be understood as limiting myinvention to such particular construction and details. Moreover, I do not limit the use of my improved device to that of holding a hat merely while being trimmed, for the carrier F, mounted as shown and described on any suitable support, is useful for holding hats under other conditions, including those of display.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A milliners hat-holder comprising, in

2. A milliners hat-holder comprising, in combination, a supporting-head, a gripper thereon, a bracket formed of a tubular arm pivotally joined to said head, a rod telescoping with said tubular arm for its extension and contraction, a rod pivotally joined to said telescoping rod, and means for tightening said arm and rods in their adjusted positions, and a hat-carrier rotatably mounted on the end rod of said bracket.

3. A milliners hat-holder comprising, in combination with a supporting head, a bracket formed of a tubular arm pivotally joined to said head, a rod telescoping with said tubular arm for its extension and contraction, a rod pivotall y joined to said telescoping rod, and means for tightening said arm and rods in their adjusted positions, and a hat-carrier comprising a plate provided with openings and rotatably mounted on the end rod of the bracket, a sleeve loosely surrounding said end rod and means for fastening it in adjusted position thereon, and fingers pivotally connected with said sleeve and passing through said plate-openings.

4. A milliners hat-holder comprising, in combination, a supportinghead provided with a jaw and set-screw fastening, abracket formed of a tubular arm pivotally joined to said head, a rod telescoping with said tubular arm for its extension and contraction, a rod pivotally joined to said telescoping rod, and means for tightening said arm and rods in their adjusted positions, and a hat-carrier comprising a plate provided with openings and rotatably mounted on the end rod of the bracket, a sleeve loosely surrounding said end rod and means for fastening it in adjusted position, and curved fingers pivotally con nected with said sleeve and passing through said plate-openings.

SARAH S. TORRANCE. In presence of- ALBERT D. BACCI, W. B. DAVIES. 

